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Album review: STEFAN BERGGREN – Stranger In A Strange Land
Pride & Joy Music [Release date 28.10.16] Stefan Berggren has fronted a few bands in his time, most notably Snakes In Paradise (who return next year with a new album on the Frontiers label) and Company Of Snakes, plus he … Continue reading
DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – Live At The NEC
Eagle Rock [Release date 26.08.16] In September 2002 Deep Purple took to the stage at the Birmingham NEC to bid a fond farewell to legendary keyboard player Jon Lord, who had earlier that year retired for health reasons. Having previously … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Deep Purple, DVD, Eagle Rock, Eagle Vision, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Live at the NEC, review, rock
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Album review: THE RADIO SUN – Outside Looking In
MelodicRock Records [Release date 30.09.16] The Radio Sun return with album number three and again Paul Laine (ex-Danger Danger) handles production duties and sings co-lead vocal on ‘Wink & Smile’ (one of the album’s stand out songs). There is a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, melodic, MelodicRock Records, Outside Looking In, Paul Laine, review, rock, THE RADIO SUN
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Gig review: WATCHET FESTIVAL – 27-28 August 2016
Watchet Festival – The small festival with a huge heart… Saturday 27th August After spending what felt like half my lifetime sitting in the giant car park that is the M5, he beautiful scenery as we drove along the winding … Continue reading
DVD review: STYX – Live at The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas!
Eagle Rock [Release date 02.09.16] Another live Styx DVD and this one was recorded on the band’s 2014 US tour with Def Leppard. Slightly different style this time around as the main featured concert has interviews with the band and … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Def Leppard, DVD, Eagle Rock, John Panozzo, John Young, Live at The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, melodic, review, rock, Styx, Tommy Shaw
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Album review: ANGELS OR KINGS – Go Ask The Moon!
AOR Heaven [Release date 30.10.16] Angels Or Kings started out back in the 1980′s but it wasn’t until 2014 when the band got back together that they actually got to finally release their debut album. That was a corker, chock … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angels Or Kings, AOR, AOR Heaven, Go Ask The Moon!, melodic, review, rock
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Gig review: NEWARK BLUES FESTIVAL – Newark Castle, 11 September 2016
In this two-hour special Pete Feenstra plays some of those acts appearing at the 2016 Newark Blues Festival and some of the award-winners. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 13 September 2016. It’s one of those days in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex McKown, blues, Blues Devils, British Blues Awards, DEL BROMHAM, Dudley Ross, festival, Frank Zappa, Free, Gary Grainger, Hamilton Loomis, Humble Pie, Ian Siegal, Jack J. Hutchinson, Jimi Hendrix, JOE COCKER, katie Bradley, King King, Lawrence Jones, Lewis Hamilton, Newark Blues Festival, Nick Hamilton, Ray Charles, Rebecca Downes, review, Robin Trower, rock, Simon Rinaldo, Tom Brundage, Traffic
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Album review: THOSE DAMN CROWS – Murder And The Motive
[Release date 26.09.16] Those Damn Crows is vocalist Shane Greenhall, drummer Ronnie Huxford, bass player Lloyd Wood and guitarists Ian “Shiner” Thomas and David Winchurch. They hail from Bridgend, Wales home to the metal beast that is Bullet For My … Continue reading
Album review: STATUS QUO – Aquostic II – That’s A Fact!
Universal Music [Release date 21.10.16] Over the years a myth has grown up around Quo that all songs sound the same and that their songs amount to the ABC of rock, three chords, heads down, see you at the end. … Continue reading
Gig review: STATUS QUO – Union Chapel, Islington, London, 9 September 2016
When Status Quo reworked their back catalogue in acoustic format, then put it out on the road, the results were stunning and breathed new life into their classics in a manner even their diehard fans would not have believed possible. … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Andy Bown, Aquostic, Francis Rossi, Freddie Edwards, gig, review, Rhino Edwards, Status Quo
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Album review: DEE SNIDER – We Are The Ones
earMUSIC [Release date 21.10.16] With Twisted Sister all but done now, Dee Snider is forging ahead with his solo career and this is only his third solo outing. His last solo effort was 2012′s ‘Dee Does Broadway’ and lets face … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dee Snider, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, modern, review, rock, Twisted Sister, We Are The Ones
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Quick plays: CRANSTON, CRUZH, THE LUCID DREAM
CRANSTON www.philvincentbands.com [Release date 22.07.16] Phil Vincent is a prolific solo and band artist who never drops the quality. Cranston is his latest incarnation and he is joined by Paul Sabu (Only Child/Sabu) on this one. Phil takes on the … Continue reading
DVD review: KISS – Rocks Vegas Live At The Hard Rock Hotel
Eagle Vision [Release date 26.08.16 ] There are not many bands out there that can match KISS when it comes to the sheer theatrics and live spectacle the band put on, even after a career of 43 years. With a … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, DVD, Gene Simmons, glam, Kiss, Live At The Hard Rock Hotel, Paul Stanley, review, rock, Rocks Vegas
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Album review: BIRDEATSBABY – Tanta Furia
[Release date 07.11.16] Birdeatsbaby. The band name alone, dreamt up by flame haired maniacal frontwoman Mishkin Fitzgerald, is designed to antagonise, to provoke reaction. And that spills over into the band’s material – their modus operandi to poke sharp sticks … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Birdeatsbaby, Mishkin Fitzgerald, progressive, review, rock, Tanta Furia
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Album review: SIMON TOWNSHEND – Reissues
Stir Records [Release date 07.10.16] As The Who move inexorably towards their final hoorah, Pete Townshend’s brother Simon – a mere nipper at the age of 55, and a part of the touring band for the past 20 years – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Denial, Looking Out Looking In, Pete Townshend, review, rock, Simon Townshend, singer, songwriter, THE WHO
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Album review: – KISSIN’ DYNAMITE – Generation Goodbye
AFM Records [Release date 08.07.16] German modern hard rock band Kissin’ Dynamite are back with their fifth studio album “Generation Goodbye” and somehow they keep on improving! Previous release “Megalomania”, from September 2014, was a wonderful slice of modern melodic … Continue reading
Album review: DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Transcendence
Inside Out [Release date 09.09.16] Innovative, daring, experimental, compositionally challenging, surprising, addictive…check any review for a Devin Townsend Project album, either online or in any of the specialized musical magazines which help promote our beloved music around the globe, and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Devin Townsend Project, fusion, metal, progressive, review, rock, Transcendance
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Album review: SECOND RELATION – Eno
Long Branch/SPV [Release date 23.09.16] Described as “progressive rockers”, this Austrian band are in fact probably difficult to pigeon hole. The title of the album might also be confusing. At first I thought it was a new offering by Eno … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Austria, Eno, fusion, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Second Relation
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Album review: VOODOO VEGAS – Freak Show Candy Floss
In this special feature, Voodoo Vegas frontman Lawrence Case introduces several tracks from the album ‘Freak Show Candy Floss’. (First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 30 October 2016 as part of ‘New to GRTR!’) [Release date 04.11.16] … Continue reading
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Gig review: STATUS QUO – Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli, 27 August 2016
Billed as “Last Night Of The Electrics” you wonder if this will be the last time to catch the Quo live in all their denim clad glory although the annual Christmas tour may be their swansong in that format. Sadly, … Continue reading
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Tagged 27 August 2016, Andy Bown, Departed, Francis Rossi, gig, Llanelli, Parc Y Scarletts, pop, review, rock, Status Quo, THE JOKERS
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Album review: PALACE- Master of the Universe
Frontiers [Release Date 26.08.16] No relation (sadly) to the footballing pride of South London, Palace is the eponymous project of poodle-haired Swedish singer Michael. I remember his band Big Time showing promise when they supported Houston in London in 2014, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Master Of The Universe, melodic rock, Michael Palace, Palace, review
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Album review: DAMIAN WILSON – Built For Fighting
Blacklake [Release date 09.09.16] This is only Damian Wilson’s fourth solo album and his first in over ten years, mind you we can let him off as he has been busy with Threshold, Headspace and Maiden United to name but … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Built For Fighting, Damian Wilson, Headspace, melodic, pop, review, rock, Threshold
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Album review: TARJA – The Shadow Self
earMUSIC [Release date 05.08.16] Tarja returns with her fourth album and on this one there are a few surprises, none more so than guest vocalist/growler Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy on ‘Demons In You’. This one is possibly the heaviest … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Arch Enemy, classical, metal, Nightwish, review, rock, symphonic, Tarja, the Shadow Self, Turunen
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Album review: FINDING KATE – If I Fall
[Release date 11.11.16] Having cut her musical teeth on a diet of Evanescence, The Pretty Reckless, and Avril Lavigne there’s a clear line of sight on Finding Kate’s debut. Ostensibly the brainchild of Kate Pavil – a UK based artist … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Evanesence, Finding Kate, Flyleaf, If I Fall, Kate Pavil, Paramore, review, rock
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Album review: IDLEWAR – Impulse
Idlewar/PHD [Release date 30.09.16] I’ve lived in Orange County, Southern California – there’s two sides to it. You have the “as-seen-on-TV”, plastic surgery, perfect world populated by people who are shallower than most of the baths you’ve ever had. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Idlewar, Impulse, review, rock, Soundgarden, Stoner
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